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The  Lone  star  c 
Conf  Pam  #739 


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AS  SUxNG  BY  JOE  COOK, 
The  Ameriean  Comedian, 

Copy  Right _»«cur«d. 


Our  Rifles  are  ready,  and  ready  are  we,l 

Neither  fear,  care,  or  sorrow  in  this  Company, 

Our  Rifles  are  ready  to  welcome  theToe, 

So  onward  brave  boys,  we  go, 

To  South  Carolina,  the  land  where  thebriglit  lone  star, 

Leads  to  beauty  in  peace,  and  glory  in  war. 

With  aim  never  erring,  we  strike  down  the  Union  like  deers 
We  chill  the  false  heart  of  the  Union  men  with  fear. 
The  blood  of  the  Americans  flows  full  in  the  veins. 
Of  the  lads  who  will  lord  over  Carolina's  plains, 
O'ec  the  plains  where  the  breeze  from  the  South  was  the  flowers, 
As  we  press  those  we  love  in  their  sweet  Summer  bowers. 

One  pledge  to  our  loves,  when  the  battle  is  done, 
We  shall  share  the  broad  lands  our  rifles  have  won, 
No  tear  on  the  cheek,  should  we  sleep  with  the  dead, 
There  are  brave  ones  to  follow  who  will  still  go  ahead, 
Who  will  still  go-ahead  with  the  bright  lone  star, 
That  leads  to  beauty  in  peace,  or  glory  in  war. 


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